Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper launches presidential bid, touting executive experience
WASHINGTON - John Hickenlooper, the two-term former Democratic governor of Colorado, entered a crowded presidential field Monday, casting himself as an experienced executive with a record of progressive achievement who can deliver on his party's chief objective: defeating President Donald Trump.
The former geologist-turned-brewer is the second Western governor to join the large field of Democratic primary candidates, which has been dominated mostly by senators.
He enters the race with relatively low name recognition compared with potential rivals including Sens. Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden - and, unlike former Rep. Beto O'Rourke and Sen. Bernie Sanders, hasn't much of a national fundraising list to draw on. But Hickenlooper, 67, is betting that his biography-driven campaign and
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